Man Killed

A 19-year-old man was shot and killed Friday at the Sandstone apartments in the Pine Hills area. Orange County deputy sheriffs responded to calls about shots fired at the large complex at 4510 Silver Star Road, just west of Dardanelle Drive. They discovered Braulio Andre Ventura bleeding in the parking lot, and he was pronounced dead at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Ventura's last known address was in Apopka.

Benjamin Crump, the Tallahassee attorney who represented Trayvon Martin's family, has been retained by the family of a man shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Michael Brown, 18, was shot to death Saturday afternoon during a struggle with a police officer, whose name was not released. His death has sparked several public protests in the suburban Missouri town where the shooting happened. Crump also represented the family of 38-year-old Marlon Brown, the DeLand man who was run over and killed by a police cruiser during a brief pursuit on May 8, 2013.

A Plantation man died after he lost control of his car while trying to pass other motorists. David S. Bergwall, 20, was killed when his 1999 Mazda sedan was struck by a van on Dodd Road near Howell Branch Road about 6:20 p.m. Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The driver and a passenger in the van were not seriously injured.

A 50-year-old man was killed Saturday morning by a hit-and-run driver on U.S. 1, officials said. Troopers found John Jones, of Ormond Beach, lying on the westbound shoulder of U.S. 1 near Lowndes Avenue in Volusia County about 12:25 a.m. He died at the scene, according to Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes. "There are no known witnesses at this time," Montes said. Anyone with information about this crash is asked to call FHP at 407-737-2213. twalden@tribune.com , or 407-420-5620

POLK COUNTY - Polk County sheriff's officials identified the man killed in a traffic accident on Friday as Paul Scheck, 62, of Haines City. Carrie Rodgers, a sheriff's spokeswoman, said Sunday that Scheck was traveling north on U.S. Highway 27 in a 2004 Dodge Stratus near the intersection with Cottonwood Road about 8 p.m. A 1999 Chevrolet drove into the path of Scheck's vehicle when the accident happened, Rodgers said, killing Scheck. Scheck's wife, Phyllis, and their friends Dominick and Mary Sileo of Brooklyn, N.Y., who were traveling in the Stratus with them, were injured.

SEMINOLE COUNTY -- Seminole County deputy sheriffs Saturday identified Damien Steward, 25, as the man killed in a Friday night shooting in the Bookertown community in northwest Seminole County. Kenneth Davis, 21, was wounded in the shooting and remains in stable condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center, the Sheriff's Office said. Deputies are looking for three men, possibly riding in a dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Sheriff's Office said. Both men were shot shortly after 9 p.m. as they were getting out of a vehicle parked in front of a house on Gilbert Street, the Sheriff's Office said.

BRADENTON -- A 19-year-old man strangled his mother and then went shopping at a mall before returning to their apartment and killing his grandfather, police said. Clifford Anthony Davis told investigators he killed his 42-year-old mother, Stephanie Davis, on Sunday, then had sex with the body, Bradenton police said. Hours later, after leaving his mother's half-nude body and going shopping, he came back to the apartment and killed his 77-year-old grandfather, Joel C. Hill. Police said the killings were planned and methodical.

A man killed by a CSX train early Tuesday in Lake Mary was a Georgia resident in town to work on a construction project. William N. Phillips, 56, was riding a bicycle when the train struck him on Lake Mary Boulevard just east of Country Club Drive. Anyone with information about Phillips' whereabouts before the accident is asked to call Detective Kim Fuehrer at 407-585-1317.

ORANGE COUNTY A man killed in a Monday-night crash on Florida's Turnpike was identified Tuesday as George Michael Brown, 40, of Delray Beach. Brown's fiancM-ie, Jane Moriarty, 28, also of Delray Beach, was driving a 2005 Honda that hit the back of a truck parked on the northbound shoulder north of Oakland. Moriarty's injuries were not life-threatening.

A man killed by a car while pushing another man in a wheelchair was identified Wednesday as David Morley, 28, Orange County.The Florida Highway Patrol said Morley was killed Tuesday night on Flowers Avenue in Union Park in east Orange County while pushing a wheelchair occupied by Dorsey McMillian, 36, who was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center. McMillian was in guarded condition Wednesday.Morley was a neighbor of McMillian, who lives near the accident site. They were on the edge of the road when they were struck by a Volkswagen Beetle driven by Joshua Peterson, 17, Orlando.

A 66-year-old Brooksville man died on Interstate 75 in Sumter County after he lost control of his vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Larry Houston was traveling southbound on the interstate when, for unknown reasons, he lost control of his Ford F150 truck about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. He drove into the median and overturned the truck south of mile marker 321, near the County Road 470 exit. Houston, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the truck and died at the scene, the FHP said.

The man who fired the shotgun that killed a 69-year-old man in the yard of his Deltona home on Christmas will not be charged, a Volusia County grand jury decided on Thursday. Bruce Fleming was in his yard when he was struck by the stray pellet from a shotgun fired by Julio Lemus, who was shooting at a bird on a nearby property, authorities said. The grand jury ruled there is not enough evidence to prove a crime has been committed. According to a Volusia County Sheriff's Office report, Fleming and his son were outside doing some work in the yard when three shots were fired.

A 49-year-old mother severely burned when fireworks were accidentally ignited in her home during a Fourth of July party has died, police say. The accident happened about 8:50 p.m. Friday at a home on Eaker Street in Auburndale in Polk County. Kathryn Flint died Saturday night. Her son was also injured but survived. One family dog was killed, and another was hurt in the flames. Police say Flint was having a family gathering to celebrate the holiday. Flint and her family planned to light fireworks after sunset and had multiple large mortars, used for lighting and launching fireworks, stored in a bedroom of the home.

A 30-year-old Apopka man was killed and three Polk County residents were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash near Winter Haven early Sunday. Jose Gleen, a passenger in a white 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier, died at the scene of the crash, which happened at 3:15 a.m. at U.S. Highway 27 and Cypress Gardens Boulevard, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. The driver of the Chevrolet Cavalier, Sorlida Wiley, 48, was transported to Winter Haven Hospital with serious injuries.

Marion County deputies found a 55-year-old man mortally wounded after a shooting at a home in Citra late Tuesday. A few hours later, deputies were called to the scene of a drive-by shooting in Belleview, where a woman was shot to death, according to MyNews13.com. It wasn't immediately known whether the two shootings were related. Deputies responded to the first shooting about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday at 17310 N.E. 16 t h Terrace in Citra. When they arrived, they found Michael Sumpter, 55, with at least one gunshot wound.

A man was killed overnight in a mobile home fire in South Orange County. Neighbors could hear the man's cries for help but could not reach him, according to local television news reports. Orange County Fire Rescue did not answer questions about the blaze. The Orange County Sheriff's Office is conducting a routine death investigation, according to spokeswoman Jane Watrel. It has not released the dead man's name, pending notification of a family member, she said. The blaze happened in a mobile home park on Bipe Lane just off Narcoossee Road.

An Orlando man was shot and killed early Thursday when a gun was fired from a passing Toyota.Richard A. Rowls, 25, 4108 Lennox Blvd., was standing with a group at Gore Street and Aaron Avenue when he was hit about 12:40 a.m.There are no suspects, but gang activity has been ruled out, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said.

A man who was struck and killed by a Chevy Tahoe while drinking a beer in the middle of the road Friday night has been identified. The man was identified Monday as Jorge Lewis Rivera of New Jersey. Witnesses told police that the 57-year-old man, who was possibly intoxicated, walked from a gas station on North Woodland Boulevard, crossed the concrete median and continued into the southbound lane. He then stopped in the middle lane of traffic and began drinking a beer, police said.

A man shot a woman multiple times inside a Kissimmee home Saturday in an apparent domestic dispute before walking out to the front yard and fatally shooting himself, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. Deputies found the man lying dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 8 a.m. The woman was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for life-threatening injuries, deputies said. It appears that the man and woman, who have not been identified, were in some sort of relationship, sheriff's spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain said.